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        <i class="fa fa-sitemap fa-2x"></i>&nbsp;&nbsp;Assets organization
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        <strong>Dandelion</strong> proposes to organize your web assets into bundles that can be
        joined together into a graph. You can then interact with this graph in multiple ways...
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        <i class="fa fa-bolt fa-2x"></i>&nbsp;&nbsp;Assets optimization
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      <p>Apply the best practices of web development without (great) effort! Web assets can be
        minified and optimally injected into web pages thereby improving load times. Support for
        asset merging will be added soon.</p>
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        <i class="fa fa-cloud-download fa-2x"></i>&nbsp;&nbsp;Multiple locations
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        Static assets can be collected from multiple locations before using them: webapp, classpath,
        <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_delivery_network">CDN</a>s, JARs,<a
          href="http://www.webjars.org/">WebJars</a> or even <a href="http://bower.io/">Bower</a> components. <strong>Dandelion</strong> also supports
        dynamically generated assets!
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        <i class="fa fa-code fa-2x"></i>&nbsp;&nbsp;Template engines integration
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      <p>
        <strong>Dandelion</strong> and its components all provide a JSP taglib. And if you're cool
        people who use cool technologies, we also provide support for <a
          href="http://www.thymeleaf.org/">Thymeleaf</a>.
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        <i class="fa fa-puzzle-piece fa-2x"></i>&nbsp;&nbsp;Ready-to-use components
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        The most advanced component is <a href="/components/datatables">Dandelion-Datatables</a>
        which allows you to create awesome HTML tables using <a href="http://datatables.net/">DataTables</a>.
        Other components are also incubating...
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        <i class="fa fa-plus fa-2x"></i>&nbsp;&nbsp;Easily extensible
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        <strong>Dandelion</strong> is being developed while keeping in mind high extensibility and
        the ease of use. That's why almost all features contains extension points, for an easier
        integration in your own projects.
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